Second Try for Obvious Truth

Rating: 5/10 (25 August 2006)

I found that my original comment on this film had been deleted because "someone" reported it for "abuse." I've deleted on already expurgated fake-expletive and here it is again. If it gets deleted this time, I'll know something is up. Of course in the time since "The Island" the EXACT SAME THING has happened again, with Pixar refusing to admit that "Cars" is a remake of "Doc Hollywood." The more things change...
I haven't seen The Island, so I'm not going to comment on whether it's any good or not. But my question is this: how can the Screenwriter's Guild have possibly allowed the writers of the screenstory and screenplay of The Clonus Horror (1979) to be omitted from the credits of "The Island" (and also, I'm assuming, the $ that goes with that honor)? From the synopsis I've read it is the same story! And in many instances, the exact same story! Now, don't get me wrong--I think a big budget remake of something like Clonus is a good thing. The original had a good idea that the filmmaker's just didn't have the money or time to make into a good film. In fact, I wouldn't mind if Hollywood made more big budget remakes of low-budget flicks ("Race With the Devil" 2006 anyone?).
No, what bothers me is this wholesale rip-off! The arrogance to not even acknowledge the FACT that your film is a remake in every sense of the word. Would "based on an original screenplay by..." credit have killed them? Would the money they'd have to have paid for the rights have taken that big a chunk out of the $120 million budget? I hope Clonus director Robert Fiveson and his screenwriters take this up with the Guild, or sue in court, and get some money and their names added to the credits for the DVD release.